Data privacy after Dobbs: Is period tracking safe?
Data privacy after Dobbs: Is period tracking safe?
After the Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to abortion in 2022 and abortion was banned in the state of Tennessee, Dr. Danielle Kelvas quit using an app that tracked her menstrual cycle. “It frightened me. … I actually got frightened because it tracked me for, like, a week,” Kelvas s...
TL;DR fuck no
69Surely there are fully offline and open source solutions to this right?
Edit: Yes there are. I dont menstruate and dont know enough details to check if this is a good app, but it looks very well made and clean. Its also available on all platforms and from Fdroid.
https://bloodyhealth.gitlab.io/
Ofcourse if the cops get access to your device then everything is joever no matter what you use.
30Unfortunately I don't have the links any more, but I did some research and there are some good privacy-focused apps for this. I recall seeing some with features specifically to prevent unauthorized access and with emergency data shredding functionality. I think I saw one that would cleverly create random realistic data if accessed incorrectly.
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If the Republicans win, it will be sent to JD Vance's office every day.
21Republicans aren't interested in girls that have started their periods.
14They do want them to breed to make more little kids, though.
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drip. menstrual cycle and fertility tracking (Open-source, non-commercial and leaves your data on your phone.) https://f-droid.org/packages/com.drip/
Minus the horrible name, it is a great way to track all your cycles.
11Is there a reason for such an app to require internet access?
10No, but you have shit like this these days-
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Not trying to be a fanboy, but it seems like the Apple cycle tracker is fairly secure. That said, here’s a consumer reports article about it as well https://www.consumerreports.org/health/health-privacy/how-to-keep-apple-watch-ovulation-data-private-a2879529072/
5Theres are FOSS software on F-Droid that I've seen (Bluemoon, Drip, Periodical), but as someone who doesn't have periods I don't know how they compare to non-FOSS alternatives.
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